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WCDT June 28th - July 2nd (4556-4560)

Started by badbum61, 27 Jun 2021, 18:38

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Who will take Pintsize's place as the strip's new chaos gremlin?

May
8 (22.2%)
Melon
9 (25%)
Momo
0 (0%)
Faye
2 (5.6%)
Winslow
0 (0%)
Iris
0 (0%)
Sven is not a mooch
3 (8.3%)
Spathe ham
5 (13.9%)
other
9 (25%)

Total Members Voted: 36

hedgie

"The highest treason in the USA is to say Americans are not loved, no matter where they are, no matter what they are doing there." -- Vonnegut

Mr_Rose

Quote from: cesium133 on 14 Jul 2021, 14:19
Goose, geese
Moose, meese moose

Mouse, mice
Louse, lice
House, hice houses

English is actually three languages in a trenchcoat, and likes to buddy up to other languages while the extra arms hidden in the folds of the coat pick their pockets for new vocabulary.
Quote from: hedgie on 14 Jul 2021, 15:01
Box, boxes
Ox, Oxen
"I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." - Charles Babbage

Is it cold in here?

You're invited to post those in the "English is weird" thread.
Thank you, Dr. Karikó.

hedgie

Crap.  Autocorrect.  it should have read "box, boxen"
"The highest treason in the USA is to say Americans are not loved, no matter where they are, no matter what they are doing there." -- Vonnegut

celticgeek

a 'dèanamh nan saighdean airson cinneadh MacLeòid
We Wear Woad When We Write Code
Ní féidir liom labhairt na Gaeilge.
Seachd reultan, agus seachd clachan, agus aon chraobh geal.

hedgie

How many people are still running Vaxen these days?  I suppose, if it's running some ancient system and hasn't been rebooted in aeons, might as well keep it running to avoid strange things happening...
"The highest treason in the USA is to say Americans are not loved, no matter where they are, no matter what they are doing there." -- Vonnegut